Anti Trust

A Film Review by Paul Perkins

• Directed By: Peter Howitt

• Cast: Ryan Phillippe, Tim Robbins, Rachael Leigh Cook, Claire Forlani, Tygh Runyan, Ned Bellamy, Douglas McFerran, Zahf Hajee, Scott Bellis, Tyler Labine, Nate Dushku

• Written By: Howard Franklin

• Rated:  P6-13 

• Running Time: 115 Mins

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• Stuff at ending Credit: No

• Seen at:  Ritz 5, Philadelphia  1-10-01

A Great Film For The New Millennium

The new millennium is hear and so do the start of the new film century. So lets bring a good high tech movie to the theaters. Well Anti Trust is the film. It centers on Nurv (Never Underestimate Radical Vision) company who is one of the largest computer communications company. 

Which is run by Gary Winston (Tim Robbins) a computer geek but who is top of his game and he will do anything to beat his rivals companies to be called the number one in business. And he is about to unveil a super satellite in orbit to corner the market. But the fcc is trying to stop him from, saying that he has a monopoly that anyone who doesn’t use his software is clueless. The only problem he has 42 days to get the satellite ready, Because of that he is looking into Milo Hoffman (Ryan Phillippe) a tech wizards who could break any code and is about to open a little company with his friend Heddy Chin (Yee Jew Tso). But Gary persuades him to work for the company and gives him a house to live in with his girlfriend Alice (Claire Forlani). Everything was going good until Milo’s friend turns up dead and other computers tech mysterious dey. Milo gets suspicions and stars questioning about the company so he start his own investing on the comedy, Because time is running out, Remember that truth can be dangerous by trust can be dearly. 

Anti Trust was a good film it reminds me of some old high tech films like Cloak and Dagger, Sneakers, The Net and others. The mixture of action suspense a bit of comedy throw in was good. Here are some good and bad points.

Good

1. The story was good. Even so it has some of the elements in the film has been done before. It was still a good version of a spy thriller.
2. The cast was good. Tim Robbins did a good job as playing the Bill Gates clone. Even so some of the scene he did look ready. But it was only a couple of screens. Next was Ryan Phillippe did a good job as playing the computer geek. Which is a different role for him.
3. The supporting cast was also good. There is also a cameo from the man himself the Shaft man, Richard Roundtree.  Rachael Lee Cook was also good in the film as well.
4. The ending was cool and it closes the story very good.
5. The beginning credits were very cool how they make the credits blend into the computer program.

Bad Point

1.      The only bad point I have I wish Rachel Lee Cook were in more in the film. That the only problem I had with the film. 

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